James, Go to your local Auto Body supply shop and buy some of their high dollar (11.00) spray paint of the shelf. The cans spray wonderfully and the paint is almost as durable as the paint on a car. Temco or Tepco or ??? is one brand name.
Option 2. Go to Pep Boys or Kragen or ?? and buy Dupli-Color spray paint. It's a lacquer base and dries very fast. Also buy a can of Dupli-Color clear wheel paint to go over that. Their sandable filler primer surfacer is about the best primer out of a can you will find for under 5.00. Tom Copp COMPOSITE SPECIALTIES www.F3X.com ph/fax 949-645 7032 -----Original Message----- From: James R MacLean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 4:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [RCSE] Fuselage painting help Now I know this may be a bit heretical, but I wish to paint my Compulsion fuse. I am aware that it will add a bit of weight. My Addiction flies extremely well with a white fuse. I am very pleased with the Compulsion and want to dress it up a bit. The problem is finding a good, affordable paint system. I used Krylon on the Addiction - it soaks up dirt, sweat, looks dull, is thick and generally poor looking. I have two problems: My air compressor was stolen. I am thinking about using disposable spray bottles which the industrial paint store sells. They have a small bottom jar which can be loaded with any kind of paint. The nozzel will not be ideal - anyone have any thoughts on using this system. The cost is quite reasonable - how are the results in the real world? What kind of paint / primer is suitable for this job? Oh by the way, is it still for sale! I have a friend who uses K&B epoxy for all of his work and it looks great - he stocked up 4 years ago. Imron works fine but is expensive and very toxic. Dupont makes a system called Ful-Thane (sp ?) which is a catalized paint with an epoxy 2 part primer. It is not quite as expensive or toxic but still needs careful precautions. Anyone used this and how about looks / durability / weight? Anything else out there which makes sense to get a good looking / durable finish? I considered LusterKote but the last time I used that was on my Condor and the peel strength of the bond was awful. It is possible something went wrong but that fuse has areas where the tape has wholesale removed the paint and looks terrible. Many thanks for any help. I hope to have a flight report soon. I am so happy with my Addiction that a better flying plane is hard to imagine, nevertheless, this plane sure looks like that will be the case. Jim MacLean Melbourne,FL ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
